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Josh Katzowitz is a former staff writer at the Daily Dot specializing in YouTube and boxing. His work has appeared in the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, and Los Angeles Times. A longtime sports writer, he&#8217;s covered the NFL for CBSSports.com and boxing for Forbes. His work has been noted twice in the Best American Sports Writing book series.

Josh Katzowitz

Has James Charles’ YouTube career been utterly destroyed?

Anna María is a writer and artist whose work focuses on the intersections of geekdom, pop culture, and social justice. She&#8217;s been known to make color-coded &#8216;Silmarillion&#8217; flash cards for fun.

Anna María

‘Tolkien’ is an underwhelming attempt to depict an undepictable man

Nahila Bonfiglio reports on geek culture and gaming. Her work has also appeared on KUT&#8217;s Texas Standard (Austin), KPAC-FM (San Antonio), and the Daily Texan.

Nahila Bonfiglio

Everyone hates the ending to Netflix horror flick ‘The Silence’

Eddie Strait is a member of the Austin Film Critic Association. His reviews focus primarily on streaming entertainment, with an emphasis on Netflix, Hulu, Amazon Prime, and other on-demand services.

Eddie Strait

‘Foster’ examines the potential and shortcomings of the foster care system

Dan Bilzerian’s Twitch account banned after he streams bikini-clad women running for cash

‘Flinch’ is an absurd game show with little at stake

Mikael Thalen is a tech and security reporter covering social media, data breaches, hackers, and more.

Mikael Thalen

YouTuber’s custom Roomba screams, swears when it bumps into stuff

Candace McDuffie is a Boston-based music and pop culture writer. Her work has been featured in publications such as Glamour, Paper, Entertainment Weekly, WBUR, Teen Vogue, DJBooth, Forbes, Marie Claire, Bandcamp, and Vibe, among others.

Candace McDuffie

Taylor Swift’s Beyoncé ripoff wasn’t just blatant—it was hurtful

Jake Paul and Tana Mongeau are YouTube’s hottest power couple

Eilish O’Sullivan was the Daily Dot&#8217;s associate managing editor. Her work has appeared in Mashed, the Austin Chronicle, and the Daily Texan.

Eilish O’Sullivan

Maytag steals NSYNC meme for appliance commercial—and everyone loves it

This streamer violently flung his dog during a broadcast—and people are disgusted

Tiffany Kelly was the culture editor at Daily Dot. Previously, she worked at Ars Technica and Wired. Her writing has appeared in several other print and online publications, including the Los Angeles Times, Popular Mechanics, and GQ.

Tiffany Kelly

Rami Malek reveals that he’s not great at typing

Audra Schroeder&#8217;s work has previously appeared in the Austin Chronicle, the Dallas Observer, NPR, ESPN, Bitch, and the Village Voice.

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